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Should be Easy, BUT.....

I should not even be here asking this question, however, it has me stumped.

I installed w2k pro, clean installation, on NTFS partition. I then joined a domain. So far so good.

The problem is when one of my users logs in, he is unable to view/change the display properties."The system administrator has disabled display properties in the control panel" is the message that comes up.

He is also prohibited from viewing/changing the taskbar properties.

He is able to go into system, device manager, network settings, anywhere he wants.

This person is part of the domain admins group for the domain, and I also added him to the local administrators groups just to test it. Problem still persits.

If anyone else logs into the domain on that workstation, they're able to change the display properties. I also checked his profile and it's a roaming NOT mandatory one.

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Should be Easy, BUT.....

sounds like someone has put a policy in place against this one particular user. If memory serves, policies override user privilege. Find out if they ever played with the policy editor, and remove the policy against them.the other part is that ifit is a policy, just clearing a box will not undo the policy: It has to be set back.

Should be Easy, BUT.....

The network components were installed during the installation. I only have client for ms networks, file and print sharing, tcp/ip. As I mentioned, This person is already part of the local admins group.

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